I recall Borg against Vijay Amritraj in the 1974 US Open had a really long game in that match at 4-2 for Vijay in the fifth.

I think Borg and Laver had a really long game (from reading about it) in their match in the 1975 WCT Championship.

It's not something I keep track of but I'll try to think of some.

Edit-I tried to find some newspaper accounts of the Borg/Laver WCT match but the only thing I could find was that it was a 4 hour and 5 minute match. I would guess there were some long games. I thought I read something about them playing a twenty point game or so. Could be wrong.

16 deuces, Krishnan broken at 0-2 in 2nd set vs Edberg at '87 USO
11 deuces, Coria broken at 3-5 in the 3rd set vs Nadal at '05 Rome Masters
10 deuces, Blake held at 1-1 in 2nd set vs Fed at '03 USO
10 deuces, Wilander held at 3-2 in the 3rd set vs Edberg at the '87 USO

this link says that Berasategu had a 28 deuce game vs Fillippini at 1996 Casablanca

Alberto Berasategui and Marcelo Filippini recently played what was believed to be the longest single game in ATP Tour history. Filippini was serving at 1-1 in the second set when the game lasted 20 minutes and included 28 deuces. Berasategui took advantage on his 14th break point to break serve and go on to win the match.

I recall Borg against Vijay Amritraj in the 1974 US Open had a really long game in that match at 4-2 for Vijay in the fifth.

I think Borg and Laver had a really long game (from reading about it) in their match in the 1975 WCT Championship.

It's not something I keep track of but I'll try to think of some.

Edit-I tried to find some newspaper accounts of the Borg/Laver WCT match but the only thing I could find was that it was a 4 hour and 5 minute match. I would guess there were some long games. I thought I read something about them playing a twenty point game or so. Could be wrong.

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Yes, Vijay held for 5-2 in the fifth set after 9 deuces.

Re Borg-Laver, that would be interesting if they had a marathon game, or more than one.

i remember us open 91 connors vs. kriskstein: krickstein serving at 4-2 in the 5th set the game went over 8 deuces or so also becker vs. rostagno at the us open 89 there was a game that went over 7 or 8 deuces. both games lasted 20 minutes or so each

Probably (in terms of time) when Chris Evert was playing on clay. How long does it take to hit 100 moonballs? Then they have to play the second point.

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Evert hardly ever hit a 'moonball' in her rallies. She used them to either mix things up, or catch her breath. She hit pretty flat with just enough spin for margin, with her woodie,even on clay. She added some more top for margin as she learned to put more pace with newer technology for further control of the power. As for the length of those rallies, well that was up to her opponent. How long did they want to wait before loosing it LOL. Borg on clay was worse - and watching Nystrom was was like War and Peace without the exciting scenes.

I do admit that in a match of Evert vs Manuela Maleeva or Austin, we could wait a very long time for an indeterminate conclusion.

16 deuces, Krishnan broken at 0-2 in 2nd set vs Edberg at '87 USO
11 deuces, Coria broken at 3-5 in the 3rd set vs Nadal at '05 Rome Masters
10 deuces, Blake held at 1-1 in 2nd set vs Fed at '03 USO
10 deuces, Wilander held at 3-2 in the 3rd set vs Edberg at the '87 USO

this link says that Berasategu had a 28 deuce game vs Fillippini at 1996 Casablanca

i remember us open 91 connors vs. kriskstein: krickstein serving at 4-2 in the 5th set the game went over 8 deuces or so also becker vs. rostagno at the us open 89 there was a game that went over 7 or 8 deuces. both games lasted 20 minutes or so each

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Yes, in the Krickstein match it was 8 deuces exactly (and Krickstein held).

I loved Chris's game, but when she played Manuela I wanted to slit my wrists...:shock:

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I HATE moonballers which is why I could never be a fan of the mind-numbing clay court games of Sanchez Vicario and Martinez. But I never really minded Chris' battles with Manuela because every ball had a purpose to it and you could see the strategy. It was about positioning, nuetralizing Chris' flat ground strokes, and getting a shot at a short forehand which was Manuela's best shot. These exchanges wouldn't last forever. Manuela was a lot like Andrea Jaeger, the older she got the less she moonballed.

I'll never forget the experience of having watched Sanchez in Rome one year where there was no point to the moonballing. It's just what they wanted to do to see who would miss first. There was another match in Paris around 1994 or 1996 when the French fans just started booing Sanchez and whoever her opponent was.....might've been Habsudova. By the time the match ended there were scarcely 100 people left on Court Centrale.

I suppose there actually was a point to Martinez's constant moonballing against Capriati in 1990 or 1991 at the French. They were on an outside court and it looked like Martinez wanted to see if she could make the ball leave the court off one bounce. But I guess she figured that was her best chance to win....and she did.

Wonder if PC1 or others remember anything about a long game that Connors and Laver played in their Challenge Match in '75. It was reported as 22 points, or 8 deuces. It was Laver serving at 4-5 in the fourth set, and he finally held after saving 5 match points.

"The longest known singles game was one of 37 deuces (80 points) between Anthony Fawcett (Rhodesia) and Keith Glass (Great Britain) in the first round of the Surrey, Great Britain Championships at Surbiton, Surrey, Great Britain on 26 May 1975. It lasted 31 min."

I recall Borg against Vijay Amritraj in the 1974 US Open had a really long game in that match at 4-2 for Vijay in the fifth.

I think Borg and Laver had a really long game (from reading about it) in their match in the 1975 WCT Championship.

It's not something I keep track of but I'll try to think of some.

Edit-I tried to find some newspaper accounts of the Borg/Laver WCT match but the only thing I could find was that it was a 4 hour and 5 minute match. I would guess there were some long games. I thought I read something about them playing a twenty point game or so. Could be wrong.

I think Borg and Laver had a really long game (from reading about it) in their match in the 1975 WCT Championship.

It's not something I keep track of but I'll try to think of some.

Edit-I tried to find some newspaper accounts of the Borg/Laver WCT match but the only thing I could find was that it was a 4 hour and 5 minute match. I would guess there were some long games. I thought I read something about them playing a twenty point game or so. Could be wrong.

You guys were right. The Sports Illustrated report (posted in the other thread) has Laver breaking Borg in a 17-point game to force the fourth-set tiebreak. The Chicago Tribune had it as 18 points (6 deuces) which is probably correct (17 points is actually not possible).

In 1952 on the pro tour Pancho Gonzalez beat Jack Kramer from two sets down in the final at Wembley, 3-6, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4, 7-5.

This excerpt is from Joe McCauley's History of Professional Tennis:

"Kramer, after squandering a 2 sets lead, led 4-1 then 5-2 in the decider and only conceded his service at 5-5 after 13 deuces. Big Jake was so upset at losing that he was reduced to tears afterwards in the dressing room."

As far as the topic of this thread goes, the longest game ever was probably between two players we've never heard of. I saw the German player Berrer get into 25 minute game against someone else I can't recall.

As far as the topic of this thread goes, the longest game ever was probably between two players we've never heard of. I saw the German player Berrer get into 25 minute game against someone else I can't recall.

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Have you all seen this already? It only has 700 views on youtube so I'd assumed you hadn't.

Another 26 point/10 deuce game in the second set of an Evert/ Sabatini semifinal in Worcester indoors (V. slims of New England '87). Evert won the first three points w/ backhand winners before things got complicated. She won the game off an impatient Gabby error. there were 6 successive breaks thereafter. Drop shot was perfection in this match

Another 26 point/10 deuce game in the second set of an Evert/ Sabatini semifinal in Worcester indoors (V. slims of New England '87). Evert won the first three points w/ backhand winners before things got complicated. She won the game off an impatient Gabby error. there were 6 successive breaks thereafter. Drop shot was perfection in this match

Funny, I was watching that match today while doing other things, paying closer attention as it went on. I saw the score was 1-4 in the second set. I went away for something like 20 minutes, then saw that the score was still only 2-4. I did a double take and knew it must have been a marathon game or something.